Skip to Content
The Crowdfunding Revolution: How to Raise Venture Capital Using Social Media
book

The Crowdfunding Revolution: How to Raise Venture Capital Using Social Media

by Kevin Lawton, Dan Marom
December 2012
Beginner
224 pages
5h 56m
English
McGraw-Hill
Content preview from The Crowdfunding Revolution: How to Raise Venture Capital Using Social Media

Chapter | 14REGULATION AND POLICY DIRECTIONS

And always remember that anything that causes the shadow is smaller than the source of light.

—Joseph M. Marshall III1

We live in a sea of regulatory irony. It’s quite a simple proposition to acquire a $5,000 advance on one’s credit card to finance travel, hotel, meals, and a day of gambling in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, debt incurred in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas, and neither does loss. But if the travel is inconvenient, there’s really nothing stopping a person in the United States from spending the same $5,000 gambling on lottery tickets, available nearly everywhere (and there’s nearly a 100 percent chance of losing it all). But it is not legal, based on American SEC regulations that exist ostensibly ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Crowdfunding: A Guide to Raising Capital on the Internet

Crowdfunding: A Guide to Raising Capital on the Internet

Steven Dresner

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780071790451